NA-F2000: Kyle Marcelli Millville weekend summary

DOUBLE PODIUMS FOR MARCELLI IN SEASON FINALE
Barrie, Ontario (September 23rd 2008) - Rising Canadian talent Kyle
Marcelli put his Brian Graham Racing prepared 2-litre race car on the
podium for the last two rounds in the U.S. based Pro F2000 ...

DOUBLE PODIUMS FOR MARCELLI IN SEASON FINALE

Barrie, Ontario (September 23rd 2008) - Rising Canadian talent Kyle
Marcelli put his Brian Graham Racing prepared 2-litre race car on the
podium for the last two rounds in the U.S. based Pro F2000 Championship
Series this past weekend at the newly developed New Jersey Motorsports Park
in Millville, New Jersey.

For Marcelli the weekend was filled with ups and downs but was a good
weekend overall. Thursday and Friday testing was clean and uninterrupted
allowing the teams and drivers to get plenty of valuable seat time on the
new race course.

The fun however began Saturday morning in quailing for race one. Series
rookie standout Kyle Marcelli had an exciting battle with fellow competitor
Anders Krhon for the pole position. The race course was very hard on front
tires so minimal laps in qualifying was key to having a good car for the
race. Marcelli did a quick three lap run, one warm up and two flyers.
Crossing the line with the fastest lap of the session it was good enough
for pole position. As Marcelli entered the pits, Anders took to the track
only to take over the top spot. With time narrowing down, Marcelli hen
strapped up for one more shot at it. This time only doing a two lap run,
the first time by the stripe was the start of his hot lap. Under pressure
Marcelli ran a super fast mistake free re-taking the pole position. You
could see the excitement in everyone as they were all over pit wall with
there stop watched out keeping a close eye on the duo. As the session ended
Khron was able to put in another flyer taking over the pole by a very close
margin of 0.027 of a second. Overall it was a very exciting qualifying
session ending with Krohn and Marcelli on the front row.

Race one of the double header weekend witnessed multiple full-course
cautions before the checkered flew with Marcelli crossing the stripe a
close second earning the first podium finish of the weeknd. Sunday
qualifying was similar to Saturday. With Marcelli and Krhon consistently
showing the fastest speed in the series they again sat on the front row for
the start of Sunday's race. Marcelli wasn't so lucky off the start. As the
first four corners are all right handers he was forced wide and pushed back
to sixth by the completion of lap one. Quickly picking off positions in the
opening laps Marcelli climbed his way back into the top three before having
gearbox problems. With about 8 laps to go Marcelli did what he could to
keep a fast pace eventually earning a very well respected third place in
the ultra competitive open wheel series.

"New Jersey Motorsports Park was a super facility; it's always good to have
new race tracks developed. Overall I'm happy with our weekend and he
conculsion of the championship, obviously a win would have been nicer but
it's good to be on the podium again. All season we have proved to be one to
beat and that's definitely an accomplishment in our rookie season. The BGR
team did a great job preparing my car, Brian has been such a help all
season with me both on and off the track. I want to thank everyone for
there support and help in making my accomplishments possible." Says
Marcelli